title: Body-image distortion among male and female college and high school students, and eating-disordered patients.
abstract: For 179 male and female college and high school students, and 26 female eating-disordered patients body-image distortion was measured using a computer-based image-analysis of redrawn images of standardized human figures. Statistical analysis indicated that body-image distortion was the same for all groups. Body-image distortion was significantly and negatively related to weight:height ratio as a function of a simple polynomial. These results suggest this evaluation of distortion of body-image yields a quantitative measure reliably related to weight status but also suggests the technique, and possibly measurement of body-image distortion in general, may not be a valid discriminator between eating-disordered and normal persons.
authors.affiliation: Center for Environmental Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287-1201.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Gustavson
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Gustavson
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Pumariega
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Reinarz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dameron
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Gustavson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pappas
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McCaul
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D001828:Body Image; D002032:Bulimia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010469:Perceptual Distortion; D012016:Reference Values